Pinnacle Peak | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 6,930 m (22,740 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 470 m (1,540 ft)[1] |
Listing | Ultra |
Coordinates | 34°1′16.57″N 76°4′50.34″E / 34.0212694°N 76.0806500°E[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Suru Valley, Kargil, Ladakh, India |
Parent range | Himalaya |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1906 by Fanny Bullock Workman (U.S.) |
Easiest route | West Ridge: glacier/snow/ice climb |
The Pinnacle Peak is a part and third highest summit with elevation 22,740 ft (6,930 metres) of the Nun Kun mountain massif of the western Himalayan Range, located near the Suru valley, on Kargil Zanskar road[2] 80 kilometers west of Kargil town.
The Pinnacle Peak is located north-east of Nun 23,409 ft (7,135 metres) which is the highest summit of the massif and is separated from it by a snowy plateau of 4 km in length, between them rises another peak Kun 23,219 ft (7,077 metres).